Shooting gallery



ca. E. SMITH SHOOTING GALLERY Filed v 21, 1928 ATTORNEY.

Oct. 15, 1929.

Patented Oct. 15, 1929 PATENT OFFICE GEORGE E. sums, or BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA snoo'rme GALLERY Application filed May 21,

The present invention relates to an improvement in toy shooting galleries and has for its objects to provide a shooting gallery wherein the targets when struck fall to indicate the accuracy of aim; to provide a simple means for resetting the targets to their normal positlon after having been struck by a PI'OJGCtllG emanating from the shooting element; to provide a means for varying the relative distance between'the shooting element and the targets so that greater or less skill will be required on the part of the player to acquire accurate aim in striking the target, depending on the relative adjustment of the shooting element and targets.

With the above'mentioned and other objects in view,-the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the claim hereto ap ended it being understood that various c anges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the sco e of the claim may be resorted to without epartin from the spirit or sacrificing any of the a vantages of the. invention.

Reference is directed to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of one embodiment of the invention, the device beini in operative position. igure'2 is a viewin frontelevation of the hood, taken on line 2-2,'of Fig. 1, showin the tar ets and target supports.

igure' 3 s a vertical sectionalview of the e hood, taken on line 3-3 0 Figure 4: is a plan view showing the shape f Fig! 2. Y

of the base board.

Figure 5is a sectional view of the shooting element and means for mounting the same;

Figure 6 is' an enlarged view, showing in detail the means of mounting one of the targets u, on its targetsupport. s v

. In t e drawings, wherein like characters of reference. designate correspondingm parts, the numeral 1 designates a base board aving side walls 2- and '3, converging at their forward ends, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the

base board-being-inclined toward the point and pointed out in v to the dotted line osition,

1928. Serial No. 279,286.

of eonvergence of said walls to enable the pro ectiles to roll forwardly. The board 1 is supported in the front and rear by legs 4, the former provided with an aperture 5 fortelescopica-lly receiving a bar. 6. The outer or free end 7 of the bar 6 carries an upstanding base 8 on which is mounted a shooting element 9, as shown in Fig. 1. A hood 10 positioned with its opening normally facing the shooting element 9, is pivoted at 107 to the side walls 2 and 3, for movement from its normal position, full lines Fig. 1, to a horizontal target reset position, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. Targets 12 are pivotally mounted on the seipports 11, said supports preferably dispose transversely across the interior of the hood and made integral itherewfith by being attached to the side walls there- 0 Each target is provided with an apertured bracket 13 extending at right angles from the rear thereof, each being connected through pins 15 with an apertured ear 14 extending from the target support 11, they allowing the target to fall backwards from its. vertical position, Fig. 6, when struck by a projectile fr'om'the shooting element 9. The face of each target may be ornamented with a any suitable character outline or picture, as

illustrated in Fig. 2. Forwar'dly from each target at right angles to its face extends a counterbalancing plate 17, designed to maintain the target upwardly disposed when in its set position, the plate on its underside carrying indications of value to be given to the target when the same is I,s trueak and upset 1g. The barrel of t e shooting element 9 extends-through base 8, and is universally fulcrume'd thereinthrough a ball and socket 'oint 16. A spring 16 positioned within the rise 8 bears against the follower 16 for maintaining a uniform tension'on the barrel 18 of the plstol 9.

.- The pistol is provided with a rojectile reeeiving magazine 19 ositioned a ove and extending parallel wit the rear of the barrel. The magazine and barrehfor a portion of their length, are respectively longitudinally slotted as at 19' and 20, and the magazine 19 is further provided with a filling aperture 27 extending through its upper wall, near its rear end, for receiving the projectiles 28. The magazine 19 is provided with a spring follower 21, carrying a pin 23 extending through the slot 19'. The barrel 18 is provided-With a spring actuated projectileiejecting plunger 24 carrying a plunger cocking pin 25 extending through the slot 20.

23 until its forward end lies rearwardly of gets adapted for simultaneous resetting on I the pivotal movement forwardly of said hood and its return to normal position. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE SMITH.

In operation, the follower 21 is moved rearwardly in the magazine by operation of pin the aperture 27, at which time .projectiles 28, i l

31, releasably engages the forward end of plunger 24 in cocked position. The projectile lying in advance of the cooked plunger 24 rests in the depression 32, in the trigger surface, and is thus precluded from rolling longitudinally of the barrel. The resetting of the targets to their operative position is accomplished by tilting the hood forwardly on its pivots 10 todotted line position, Fig. 1, after which the hood is returned to its normal operative position. The fired projectilesdrop onto the inclined base board and roll forwardly into a depression 34 formed at the point of convergence of the walls 2 and 3.

It will be seen that by varying the relative distance between the shooting element 9 and the targets, greater or less skill will be required on the part of the player to make a direct hit upon the targets.

Iclaim A game apparatus comprising a hood having an open front, side walls and a curved back Wall, a base to which said hood is freely pivoted on its opposite sides on a horizontal axis, said base provided with a bottom wall inclined forwardly from said open. front, a shooting element carried in advance of the hood, a plurality of transversely disposed target supports mounted within the hood and attached thereto, said supports adapted to move with said hood, a plurality of targets within said hood, each mounted to pivot on a i horizontal axis parallel with the axis of the pivot of said hood, a counterweight associated with each target for normally maintaining the same in upright pos'ition,,said target counterweights adapted for assuming a substantially vertical position on the tripping of the target to a substantially horizontal position by the contact of a projectile discharged. by said shooting element therewith, said tar- 

